My name is Erin T. and I am a teacher in Rutherford.

5. New technologies to try

Wall wisher
Read Share
prezis
wordle
extranormal
skype




4 Ideas to share with others

Text to speech function
Read share
Zamzar- convert youtube files
Growing Up Digital Ideas



3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning

Design lessons for the marginal learners that will serve all students.
Offer a variety of representations
Instruction should not be one size fit all
Plan ahead with all learners in mind, avoid retrofitting



2 Changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the digital age.

I would like to designs lesson with the end goal in mind while trying to reach the marginal learners.
Plan a variety of instructional activities that will engage all learners.
Publish a podcast
Think about checklist in the back of the binder while planning.

1. Big Ideas to implement on Monday.

One big idea that I would like to implement is that that print-based learning environments are not the same for individuals who are defined at learning disabled within video and audio based learning. I would like to implement more media-based activities for math instruction rather than print-based materials. This would be an excellent way to teach problem solving. The marginal learners could really benefit from seeing visuals in problems solving.